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basis- In replacing old queens with young ones it is always 

 best to leave the colony queenless for about two days after 

 the old one has been killed, and the best and most economical 

 method is to introduce nine-day-old cells. These are nearly 

 always accepted, and once in a strong colony have every 

 chance of proper development. However, it is necessary to 

 examine the hive in a few days to determine if a queen is 

 present ; if not, a second one should be given. As soon as the 

 young queen begins to lay, her wings should be clipped. This 

 pre\'ents her going ofif with a swarm, and is a mark to go by 

 when the bees are examined the following year or at an)'- 

 future time. In this way, it is possible to tell how many 

 Cjueens ha\'e been lost in one year or two years, etc. It also 

 makes it possible to compare the work of a one-year-old queen 

 with that of any other queen, and to ascertain at what age 

 a queen does her best. It is not unusual to find an old queen 

 with clipoed wings and her daughter doing duty at the same 

 time, and on rare occasions two young sister queens may 

 be found laying in the same hive. In the examination of the 

 bees one occasionally comes across evidences of laying work- 

 ers. As such colonies are always queenless and it is difficult 

 to get them to accept a queen, the best procedure is to divide 

 them, frames, honey and all, among other colonies, and if an 

 extra colony is desired, make up a new one in the way pre- 

 viously explained. 



